https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/AllBE/Copyright (c) 2015-2025 EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2015-2025 Object Management Group, Inc.
The 'all' ontology for BE is provided for convenience for FIBO users. This ontology does not add new assertions, but imports most of the Production (Released) ontologies that comprise the FIBO Business Entities (BE) domain, including all of FND but excluding individuals for governments and jurisdictions, and the related LCC region-specific ontologies.
This ontology provides metadata about the FIBO Business Entities (BE) Domain, which covers defines business concepts that are used for data governance, interoperability, and in regulatory reporting about business entities.
The business scope of the BE ontologies covers a range of business and legal entities that are considered by financial industry firms, regulators and other industry participants to be of relevance in the financial services domain, including:
- Legal entities generally
- Corporate structure, ownership and control, including primary executive roles for businesses,
- Functional entities such as governments and government entities, non-governmental organizations, international organizations, not-for-profit organization, etc.
- Concepts specific to corporations, partnerships, private limited companies, sole proprietorships, and trusts.
Adaptive Analytics, Inc.
Bloomberg LP
Citigroup
Credit Suisse
Deutsche Bank
Exprentis
Federated Knowledge, LLC
Hypercube Ltd.
John F. Gemski
Nordea Bank AB
Office of Financial Research (US Dept of the Treasury)
Pinnacle Bank (Morgan Hill, California)
State Street Bank and Trust
Statistics Canada
Tahoe Blue Ltd
Thematix Partners LLC
Wells Fargo
Working Ontologist
agnos.ai UK Ltd.
2018-08-27T18:00:00
Copyright (c) 2013-2025 EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2013-2025 Object Management Group, Inc.
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
See https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.
2025-10-15T18:00:00
EDMC Financial Industry Business Ontology (FIBO) Business Entities (BE) Domain
All Business Entities (BE) Domain
https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/Corporations/Corporations/Copyright (c) 2013-2025 EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2013-2025 Object Management Group, Inc.
This ontology originally defined the fundamental concepts for companies incorporated by the issuance of shares. Terms defined in this ontology are those which are applicable to all such entities. Many of these concepts form the basis of the relationships of ownership and control which obtain between entities of this type.
Copyright (c) 2013-2025 EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2013-2025 Object Management Group, Inc.
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
See https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.
Corporations Ontology
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20131101/Corporations/Corporations.rdf version of this ontology was modified per the issue resolutions identified in the FIBO BE 1.0 FTF report.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20160201/Corporations/Corporations.rdf version of this ontology was modified per the FIBO 2.0 RFC.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20180901/Corporations/Corporations.rdf version of this ontology was modified per the FIBO 2.0 RFC to generalize certain unions where they were no longer required.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20190101/Corporations/Corporations.rdf version of this ontology was modified to reflect moving hasObjective to FND.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20190401/Corporations/Corporations.rdf version of this ontology was modified to replace hasDefinition with isDefinedIn to clarify intent.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20190701/Corporations/Corporations.rdf version of this ontology was modified to eliminate deprecated elements.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20190901/Corporations/Corporations.rdf version of this ontology was modified to eliminate duplication of concepts in LCC.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20200201/Corporations/Corporations.rdf version of this ontology was modified to eliminate references to external dictionary sites that no longer resolve, eliminate circular and ambiguous definitions and make incorporation date and registration date explicit dates.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20210301/Corporations/Corporations.rdf version of this ontology was modified to reflect the move of some organization-specific concepts from BE to FND and to clean up typos.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20211201/Corporations/Corporations.rdf version of this ontology was modified to address text formatting hygiene issues and eliminate a dead link.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20220801/Corporations/Corporations.rdf version of the ontology was modified to use the Commons Ontology Library (Commons) Annotation Vocabulary rather than the OMG's Specification Metadata vocabulary and revise definitions to be ISO 704 compliant as needed.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20230101/Corporations/Corporations.rdf version of this ontology was modified to use the Commons Ontology Library (Commons) rather than the OMG's Languages, Countries and Codes (LCC) and to eliminate redundancies in FIBO as appropriate.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20230301/Corporations/Corporations.rdf version of the ontology was modified to replace additional content that is now available in the OMG Commons Ontology Library (Commons) v1.2 (FND-389).
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20250301/Corporations/Corporations.rdf version of the ontology was modified to merge all constructs that were originally in this ontology with corporate bodies under legal entities for consistency and useability (BE-259).
https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/Corporations/MetadataBECorporations/Copyright (c) 2015-2023 EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2015-2023 Object Management Group, Inc.
The corporations module includes ontologies describing the essential features of companies incorporated through the issuance of shares.
2018-08-27T18:00:00
2023-01-24T18:00:00
Metadata about the EDMC-FIBO Business Entities (BE) Corporations Module
https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/FunctionalEntities/FunctionalEntities/Copyright (c) 2013-2025 Object Management Group, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2013-2026 EDM Association dba EDM Council, Inc.
This ontology defines the fundamental concepts for entities defined by their function, such as the relationship to the various forms which one or another functionally-defined entity may take. It also includes a number of basic types of entity defined by function, such as business and non-profit. The concepts in this ontology are intended to be extensible in other ontologies which may be dedicated to specific kinds of functionally-defined business entity or organization.
2013-2026 EDM Association dba EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2013-2025 Object Management Group, Inc.
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
See https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.
Functional Entities Ontology
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20131101/FunctionalEntities/FunctionalEntities.rdf version of this ontology was modified per the issue resolutions identified in the FIBO BE 1.0 FTF report.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20150201/FunctionalEntities/FunctionalEntities.rdf version of this ontology was modified per the issue resolutions identified in the FIBO BE 1.1 RTF report. Changes include deprecation of the SoleProprietorship class and making it equivalent to the class with the same name in the Sole Proprietorships ontology. This version also introduces a new FunctionalEntity class, as the parent of FunctionalBusinessEntity in this ontology and as the parent of Government in the GovernmentEntities ontology.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20160801/FunctionalEntities/FunctionalEntities.rdf version of this ontology was modified by the FIBO 2.0 revision to address missing labels and definitions on the deprecated sole proprietorship class to match those in the equivalent class.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20180801/FunctionalEntities/FunctionalEntities.rdf version of this ontology was modified to generalize certain unions where they were no longer required and eliminate an unused import.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20190201/FunctionalEntities/FunctionalEntities.rdf version of this ontology was modified to eliminate deprecated elements.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20190901/FunctionalEntities/FunctionalEntities.rdf version of this ontology was modified to eliminate duplication of concepts in LCC.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20200301/FunctionalEntities/FunctionalEntities.rdf version of this ontology was modified to revise and extend the definition of merchant, to support merchant category codes as needed for representation of credit card transactions, merge business and functional business entity and eliminate commerce and commercial activity (which are not used anywhere in FIBO), and to clean up definitions and make them ISO 704 compliant.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20200901/FunctionalEntities/FunctionalEntities.rdf version of this ontology was modified to add the concept of an association.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20201201/FunctionalEntities/FunctionalEntities.rdf version of this ontology was modified to address a circular definition on association.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20210201/FunctionalEntities/FunctionalEntities.rdf version of this ontology was modified to reflect the move of some organization-specific concepts from BE to FND.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20211001/FunctionalEntities/FunctionalEntities.rdf version of this ontology was modified to address text formatting hygiene issues.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20220801/FunctionalEntities/FunctionalEntities.rdf version of the ontology was modified to use the Commons Ontology Library (Commons) Annotation Vocabulary rather than the OMG's Specification Metadata vocabulary.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20230101/FunctionalEntities/FunctionalEntities.rdf version of this ontology was modified to use the Commons Ontology Library (Commons) rather than the OMG's Languages, Countries and Codes (LCC) and to eliminate redundancies in FIBO as appropriate.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20230301/FunctionalEntities/FunctionalEntities.rdf version of this ontology was modified to replace content that is now available in the OMG Commons Ontology Library (Commons) v1.1 (FND-380).
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20240101/FunctionalEntities/FunctionalEntities.rdf version of this ontology was augmented to include general definitions for syndicate and syndicate member (LOAN-169).
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20241101/FunctionalEntities/FunctionalEntities.rdf version of the ontology was modified to replace additional content that is now available in the OMG Commons Ontology Library (Commons) v1.2 (FND-389).
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20250301/FunctionalEntities/FunctionalEntities.rdf version of the ontology was modified to loosen various constraints to better reflect use case requirements (SEC-205).
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20251001/FunctionalEntities/FunctionalEntities.rdf version of the ontology was modified to replace references to the now deprecated hasTag property in Relations with its equivalent in OMG Commons (FND-412).
https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/FunctionalEntities/MetadataBEFunctionalEntities/Copyright (c) 2015-2023 EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2015-2023 Object Management Group, Inc.
The functional entities module includes ontologies describing entities that are defined according to their function, as opposed to their form, such as businesses, service providers, and publishers.
2018-08-27T18:00:00
2023-01-27T18:00:00
Metadata about the EDMC-FIBO Business Entities (BE) Functional Entities Module
https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/FunctionalEntities/Publishers/Copyright (c) 2013-2025 Object Management Group, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2013-2026 EDM Association dba EDM Council, Inc.
The concept of a publisher is central to the notion of a data provider in financial markets. This ontology defines the fundamental concepts for publishers of information, including entities whose primary function is to publish, and those (whether or not they are publishers in that sense) that play the role of the publisher of some information.
2013-2026 EDM Association dba EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2013-2025 Object Management Group, Inc.
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
See https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.
Publishers Ontology
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20140501/FunctionalEntities/Publishers.rdf version of this ontology was modified per the issue resolutions identified in the FIBO BE 1.0 FTF report.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20160201/FunctionalEntities/Publishers.rdf version of this ontology was modified per the FIBO 2.0 RFC.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20180801/FunctionalEntities/Publishers.rdf version of this ontology was modified to eliminate references to external dictionary sites that no longer resolve.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20210101/FunctionalEntities/Publishers.rdf version of this ontology was modified to deprecate publishing house rather than having two disconnected concepts, clean up the related restrictions, and add market data provider (originally in IND).
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20221001/FunctionalEntities/Publishers.rdf version of the ontology was modified to use the Commons Ontology Library (Commons) Annotation Vocabulary rather than the OMG's Specification Metadata vocabulary and revise definitions to be ISO 704 compliant as needed.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20230101/FunctionalEntities/Publishers.rdf version of the ontology was modified to eliminate deprecations that are more than 6 months old.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20231101/FunctionalEntities/Publishers.rdf version of the ontology was modified to replace concepts from several FIBO FND ontologies with their counterparts added to the Commons Ontology Library (Commons) v1.1.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20231201/FunctionalEntities/Publishers.rdf version of the ontology was modified to replace additional concepts from several FIBO FND ontologies with their counterparts added to the Commons Ontology Library (Commons) v1.1.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20250301/FunctionalEntities/Publishers.rdf version of the ontology was modified to loosen various constraints to better reflect use case requirements (SEC-205).
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20260101/FunctionalEntities/Publishers.rdf version of the ontology was modified to add market data provider discrimination required for examples (FND-407).
https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/GovernmentEntities/AsianJurisdiction/CentralAsiaGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions/Copyright (c) 2020-2025 EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2020-2025 Object Management Group, Inc.
This ontology provides government entities and jurisdictions for countries that are defined as being part of Central Asia in the U.N. M49 codes, primarily those that are considered independent countries in ISO 3166, or are important from a banking perspective.
Copyright (c) 2020-2025 EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2020-2025 Object Management Group, Inc.
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
See https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.
Central Asia Government Entities and Jurisdictions Ontology
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20210401/GovernmentEntities/AsianJurisdiction/CentralAsiaGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions.rdf version of the ontology was modified to use the Commons Ontology Library (Commons) Annotation Vocabulary rather than the OMG's Specification Metadata vocabulary.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20230101/GovernmentEntities/AsianJurisdiction/CentralAsiaGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions.rdf version of the ontology was modified to replace additional content that is now available in the OMG Commons Ontology Library (Commons) v1.2 (FND-389).
The initial version of this ontology reflects the national level only.
https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/GovernmentEntities/AsianJurisdiction/EasternAsiaGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions/Copyright (c) 2020-2025 EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2020-2025 Object Management Group, Inc.
This ontology provides government entities and jurisdictions for countries that are defined as being part of Eastern Asia in the U.N. M49 codes, primarily those that are considered independent countries in ISO 3166, or are important from a banking perspective.
Copyright (c) 2020-2025 EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2020-2025 Object Management Group, Inc.
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
See https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.
Eastern Asia Government Entities and Jurisdictions Ontology
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20210401/GovernmentEntities/AsianJurisdiction/EasternAsiaGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions.rdf version of this ontology was modified to address text formatting hygiene issues.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20220801/GovernmentEntities/AsianJurisdiction/EasternAsiaGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions.rdf version of the ontology was modified to use the Commons Ontology Library (Commons) Annotation Vocabulary rather than the OMG's Specification Metadata vocabulary.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20230101/GovernmentEntities/AsianJurisdiction/EasternAsiaGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions.rdf version of the ontology was modified to replace additional content that is now available in the OMG Commons Ontology Library (Commons) v1.2 (FND-389).
The initial version of this ontology reflects the national level only.
https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/GovernmentEntities/AsianJurisdiction/SoutheasternAsiaGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions/Copyright (c) 2020-2025 EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2020-2025 Object Management Group, Inc.
This ontology provides government entities and jurisdictions for countries that are defined as being part of Southeastern Asia in the U.N. M49 codes, primarily those that are considered independent countries in ISO 3166, or are important from a banking perspective.
Copyright (c) 2020-2025 EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2020-2025 Object Management Group, Inc.
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
See https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.
Southeastern Asia Government Entities and Jurisdictions Ontology
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20210401/GovernmentEntities/AsianJurisdiction/SoutheasternAsiaGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions.rdf version of the ontology was modified to use the Commons Ontology Library (Commons) Annotation Vocabulary rather than the OMG's Specification Metadata vocabulary.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20230101/GovernmentEntities/AsianJurisdiction/SoutheasternAsiaGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions.rdf version of the ontology was modified to replace additional content that is now available in the OMG Commons Ontology Library (Commons) v1.2 (FND-389).
The initial version of this ontology reflects the national level only.
https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/GovernmentEntities/AsianJurisdiction/SouthernAsiaGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions/Copyright (c) 2020-2025 EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2020-2025 Object Management Group, Inc.
This ontology provides government entities and jurisdictions for countries that are defined as being part of Southern Asia in the U.N. M49 codes, primarily those that are considered independent countries in ISO 3166, or are important from a banking perspective.
Copyright (c) 2020-2025 EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2020-2025 Object Management Group, Inc.
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
See https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.
Southern Asia Government Entities and Jurisdictions Ontology
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20210401/GovernmentEntities/AsianJurisdiction/SouthernAsiaGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions.rdf version of the ontology was modified to use the Commons Ontology Library (Commons) Annotation Vocabulary rather than the OMG's Specification Metadata vocabulary.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20230101/GovernmentEntities/AsianJurisdiction/SouthernAsiaGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions.rdf version of the ontology was modified to replace additional content that is now available in the OMG Commons Ontology Library (Commons) v1.2 (FND-389).
The initial version of this ontology reflects the national level only.
https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/GovernmentEntities/AsianJurisdiction/WesternAsiaGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions/Copyright (c) 2020-2025 EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2020-2025 Object Management Group, Inc.
This ontology provides government entities and jurisdictions for countries that are defined as being part of Western Asia in the U.N. M49 codes, primarily those that are considered independent countries in ISO 3166, or are important from a banking perspective.
Copyright (c) 2020-2025 EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2020-2025 Object Management Group, Inc.
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
See https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.
Western Asia Government Entities and Jurisdictions Ontology
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20210401/GovernmentEntities/AsianJurisdiction/WesternAsiaGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions.rdf version of the ontology was modified to use the Commons Ontology Library (Commons) Annotation Vocabulary rather than the OMG's Specification Metadata vocabulary.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20230101/GovernmentEntities/AsianJurisdiction/WesternAsiaGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions.rdf version of this ontology was modified to correct spelling errors.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20231101/GovernmentEntities/AsianJurisdiction/WesternAsiaGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions.rdf version of the ontology was modified to replace additional content that is now available in the OMG Commons Ontology Library (Commons) v1.2 (FND-389).
The initial version of this ontology reflects the national level only.
https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/GovernmentEntities/EuropeanJurisdiction/EUGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions/Copyright (c) 2020-2025 EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2020-2025 Object Management Group, Inc.
This ontology provides the set of basic European Union specific government level entities and jurisdictions.
Copyright (c) 2020-2025 EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2020-2025 Object Management Group, Inc.
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
See https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.
European Government Entities and Jurisdictions Ontology
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20180801/GovernmentEntities/EuropeanJurisdiction/EUGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions.rdf version of this ontology was modified to remove the UK from coverage by the EU jurisdiction and replace references to the Czech Republic with Czechia.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20190101/GovernmentEntities/EuropeanJurisdiction/EUGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions.rdf version of this ontology was modified to remove the unnecessary imports.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20220201/GovernmentEntities/EuropeanJurisdiction/EUGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions.rdf version of this ontology was modified to address text formatting hygiene issues.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20220801/GovernmentEntities/EuropeanJurisdiction/EUGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions.rdf version of the ontology was modified to use the Commons Ontology Library (Commons) Annotation Vocabulary rather than the OMG's Specification Metadata vocabulary.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20230101/GovernmentEntities/EuropeanJurisdiction/EUGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions.rdf version of the ontology was modified to replace additional content that is now available in the OMG Commons Ontology Library (Commons) v1.2 (FND-389).
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20230101/GovernmentEntities/EuropeanJurisdiction/EUGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions.rdf version of this ontology was modified to use the Commons Ontology Library (Commons) rather than the OMG's Languages, Countries and Codes (LCC) and to eliminate redundancies in FIBO as appropriate.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20250301/GovernmentEntities/EuropeanJurisdiction/EUGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions.rdf version of this ontology was modified to add EU entities and jurisdictions needed for various initiatives (BE-262).
https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/GovernmentEntities/EuropeanJurisdiction/EasternEuropeGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions/Copyright (c) 2020-2025 EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2020-2025 Object Management Group, Inc.
This ontology provides government entities and jurisdictions for countries that are defined as being part of Eastern Europe in the U.N. M49 codes, primarily those that are considered independent countries in ISO 3166, or are important from a banking perspective.
Copyright (c) 2020-2025 EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2020-2025 Object Management Group, Inc.
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
See https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.
Eastern Europe Government Entities and Jurisdictions Ontology
The http://www.omg.org/spec/EDMC-FIBO/BE/20200801/GovernmentEntities/EuropeanJurisdiction/EasternEuropeGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions.rdf version of this ontology was modified to address hygiene issues with diacritical marks that are language-specific.
The http://www.omg.org/spec/EDMC-FIBO/BE/20210201/GovernmentEntities/EuropeanJurisdiction/EasternEuropeGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions.rdf version of this ontology was modified to replace a dead link.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20220801/GovernmentEntities/EuropeanJurisdiction/EasternEuropeGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions.rdf version of the ontology was modified to use the Commons Ontology Library (Commons) Annotation Vocabulary rather than the OMG's Specification Metadata vocabulary.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20230101/GovernmentEntities/EuropeanJurisdiction/EasternEuropeGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions.rdf version of the ontology was modified to replace additional content that is now available in the OMG Commons Ontology Library (Commons) v1.2 (FND-389).
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20250301/GovernmentEntities/EuropeanJurisdiction/EasternEuropeGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions.rdf version of the ontology was modified to address a typo (BE-245).
The initial version of this ontology reflects the national level only.
https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/GovernmentEntities/EuropeanJurisdiction/NorthernEuropeGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions/Copyright (c) 2020-2025 EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2020-2025 Object Management Group, Inc.
This ontology provides government entities and jurisdictions for countries that are defined as being part of Northern Europe in the U.N. M49 codes, primarily those that are considered independent countries in ISO 3166, or are important from a banking perspective.
Copyright (c) 2020-2025 EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2020-2025 Object Management Group, Inc.
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
See https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.
Northern Europe Government Entities and Jurisdictions Ontology
The http://www.omg.org/spec/EDMC-FIBO/BE/20200801/GovernmentEntities/EuropeanJurisdiction/NorthernEuropeGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions.rdf version of this ontology was modified to address hygiene issues with diacritical marks that are language-specific.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20210201/GovernmentEntities/EuropeanJurisdiction/NorthernEuropeGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions.rdf version of the ontology was modified to use the Commons Ontology Library (Commons) Annotation Vocabulary rather than the OMG's Specification Metadata vocabulary.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20230101/GovernmentEntities/EuropeanJurisdiction/NorthernEuropeGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions.rdf version of the ontology was modified to correct the value for hasReach for the Jurisdiction of Norway (GitHub-2037).
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20230101/GovernmentEntities/EuropeanJurisdiction/NorthernEuropeGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions.rdf version of the ontology was modified to replace additional content that is now available in the OMG Commons Ontology Library (Commons) v1.2 (FND-389).
The initial version of this ontology reflects the national level only.
https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/GovernmentEntities/EuropeanJurisdiction/SouthernEuropeGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions/Copyright (c) 2020-2025 EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2020-2025 Object Management Group, Inc.
This ontology provides government entities and jurisdictions for countries that are defined as being part of Southern Europe in the U.N. M49 codes, primarily those that are considered independent countries in ISO 3166, or are important from a banking perspective.
Copyright (c) 2020-2025 EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2020-2025 Object Management Group, Inc.
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
See https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.
Southern Europe Government Entities and Jurisdictions Ontology
The http://www.omg.org/spec/EDMC-FIBO/BE/20200801/GovernmentEntities/EuropeanJurisdiction/SouthernEuropeGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions.rdf version of this ontology was modified to address hygiene issues with diacritical marks that are language-specific.
The http://www.omg.org/spec/EDMC-FIBO/BE/20210201/GovernmentEntities/EuropeanJurisdiction/SouthernEuropeGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions.rdf version of this ontology was modified to replace references to Macedonia with NorthMacedonia from LCC 1.2.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20220101/GovernmentEntities/EuropeanJurisdiction/SouthernEuropeGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions.rdf version of the ontology was modified to use the Commons Ontology Library (Commons) Annotation Vocabulary rather than the OMG's Specification Metadata vocabulary.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20230101/GovernmentEntities/EuropeanJurisdiction/SouthernEuropeGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions.rdf version of the ontology was modified to replace additional content that is now available in the OMG Commons Ontology Library (Commons) v1.2 (FND-389).
The initial version of this ontology reflects the national level only.
https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/GovernmentEntities/EuropeanJurisdiction/UKGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions/Copyright (c) 2020-2025 EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2020-2025 Object Management Group, Inc.
This ontology provides government entities and jurisdictions for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland use in other FIBO ontologies.
Copyright (c) 2020-2025 EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2020-2025 Object Management Group, Inc.
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
See https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.
Government Entities and Jurisdictions for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Ontology
The http://www.omg.org/spec/EDMC-FIBO/BE/20200201/GovernmentEntities/EuropeanJurisdiction/UKGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions.rdf version of this ontology was modified to add devolved government entities for Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/20231101/GovernmentEntities/EuropeanJurisdiction/UKGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions.rdf version of the ontology was modified to replace additional content that is now available in the OMG Commons Ontology Library (Commons) v1.2 (FND-389).
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20200701/GovernmentEntities/EuropeanJurisdiction/UKGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions.rdf version of the ontology was modified to use the Commons Ontology Library (Commons) Annotation Vocabulary rather than the OMG's Specification Metadata vocabulary.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20230101/GovernmentEntities/EuropeanJurisdiction/UKGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions.rdf version of this ontology was modified to use the Commons Ontology Library (Commons) rather than the OMG's Languages, Countries and Codes (LCC) and to eliminate redundancies in FIBO as appropriate.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20230701/GovernmentEntities/EuropeanJurisdiction/UKGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions.rdf version of this ontology was modified to include separate references to England and Wales in reach of the EnglandAndWalesJurisdiction.
https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/GovernmentEntities/EuropeanJurisdiction/WesternEuropeGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions/Copyright (c) 2020-2025 EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2020-2025 Object Management Group, Inc.
This ontology provides government entities and jurisdictions for countries that are defined as being part of Western Europe in the U.N. M49 codes, primarily those that are considered independent countries in ISO 3166, or are important from a banking perspective.
Copyright (c) 2020-2025 EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2020-2025 Object Management Group, Inc.
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
See https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.
Western Europe Government Entities and Jurisdictions Ontology
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20200801/GovernmentEntities/EuropeanJurisdiction/WesternEuropeGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions.rdf version of the ontology was modified to use the Commons Ontology Library (Commons) Annotation Vocabulary rather than the OMG's Specification Metadata vocabulary.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20230101/GovernmentEntities/EuropeanJurisdiction/WesternEuropeGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions.rdf version of the ontology was modified to replace additional content that is now available in the OMG Commons Ontology Library (Commons) v1.2 (FND-389).
The initial version of this ontology reflects the national level only.
https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/GovernmentEntities/GovernmentEntities/Copyright (c) 2016-2025 EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2016-2025 Object Management Group, Inc.
This ontology defines the fundamental concepts for representing polities and government entities and their relations.
Copyright (c) 2016-2025 EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2016-2025 Object Management Group, Inc.
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
See https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.
Government Entities Ontology
The http://www.omg.org/spec/EDMC-FIBO/BE/20160801/GovernmentEntities/GovernmentEntities.rdf version of this ontology was added to Business Entities, per the issue resolutions identified in the FIBO BE 1.1 RTF report.
The http://www.omg.org/spec/EDMC-FIBO/BE/20160801/GovernmentEntities/GovernmentEntities.rdf version of this ontology was modified per the issue resolutions identified in the FIBO BE 1.2 RTF report.
The http://www.omg.org/spec/EDMC-FIBO/BE/20170201/GovernmentEntities/GovernmentEntities.rdf version of this ontology was modified per the FIBO 2.0 RFC to integrate LCC.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20180201/GovernmentEntities/GovernmentEntities.rdf version of this ontology was modified to to rationalize natural person and legally capable person in a new concept, competent natural person, simplify / merge the legal person and formal organization class hierarchies, and revise certain definitions, such as for supranational entity, to correspond to ISO definitions.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20181201/GovernmentEntities/GovernmentEntities.rdf version of this ontology was modified to reflect the move of hasObjective to FND to enable higher level reuse and eliminate a reasoning error.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20190501/GovernmentEntities/GovernmentEntities.rdf version of this ontology was modified to eliminate duplication of concepts in LCC and merge the countries ontology with locations.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20200301/GovernmentEntities/GovernmentEntities.rdf version of this ontology was modified to replace isAppointedBy with isDesignatedBy due to a name change in Relations, and to add a class for devolved government.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20200701/GovernmentEntities/GovernmentEntities.rdf version of this ontology was modified to eliminate references to external dictionary sites that no longer resolve, revise circular or ambiguous definitions, and to eliminate 'hasPartialSovereigntyOver' in favor of 'hasSharedSovereigntyOver'.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20210201/GovernmentEntities/GovernmentEntities.rdf version of this ontology was modified to fix spelling errors.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20211201/GovernmentEntities/GovernmentEntities.rdf version of this ontology was modified to address text formatting hygiene issues and to use the Commons Ontology Library (Commons) Annotation Vocabulary rather than the OMG's Specification Metadata vocabulary.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20230101/GovernmentEntities/GovernmentEntities.rdf version of this ontology was modified to use the Commons Ontology Library (Commons) rather than the OMG's Languages, Countries and Codes (LCC), eliminating redundancies in FIBO as appropriate.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20230301/GovernmentEntities/GovernmentEntities.rdf version of this ontology was modified to augment the definition of instrumentality with additional notes.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20230901/GovernmentEntities/GovernmentEntities.rdf version of this ontology was modified to replace content that is now available in the OMG Commons Ontology Library (Commons) v1.1 and loosened restrictions causing reasoning and representational challenges (FND-380).
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20240101/GovernmentEntities/GovernmentEntities.rdf version of the ontology was modified to replace additional content that is now available in the OMG Commons Ontology Library (Commons) v1.2 (FND-389).
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20250301/GovernmentEntities/GovernmentEntities.rdf version of the ontology was modified to replace hasConstituent with hasMember for better semantic consistency (FND-396) and to further reflect changes made in Commons v1.2 (FBC-338).
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20251001/GovernmentEntities/GovernmentEntities.rdf version of the ontology was modified to remove deprecations that reflect changes made in Commons v1.2 (FBC-399) and to use new constructs from the Commons 1.3 Business Authorizations ontology (FND-401).
https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/GovernmentEntities/LatinAmericanJurisdiction/CentralAmericanGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions/Copyright (c) 2020-2025 EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2020-2025 Object Management Group, Inc.
This ontology provides the set of basic government-level entities and jurisdictions for independent countries identified as part of Central America in the U.N. M49 classification.
Copyright (c) 2020-2025 EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2020-2025 Object Management Group, Inc.
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
See https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.
Central American Government Entities and Jurisdictions Ontology
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20201101/GovernmentEntities/LatinAmericanJurisdiction/CentralAmericanGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions.rdf version of the ontology was modified to use the Commons Ontology Library (Commons) Annotation Vocabulary rather than the OMG's Specification Metadata vocabulary.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20230101/GovernmentEntities/LatinAmericanJurisdiction/CentralAmericanGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions.rdf version of this ontology was modified to use the Commons Ontology Library (Commons) rather than the OMG's Languages, Countries and Codes (LCC) and to eliminate redundancies in FIBO as appropriate.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20230301/GovernmentEntities/LatinAmericanJurisdiction/CentralAmericanGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions.rdf version of the ontology was modified to replace additional content that is now available in the OMG Commons Ontology Library (Commons) v1.2 (FND-389) and to correct the prefix for the elements in the ontology.
The initial version of this ontology reflects the highest national level only.
https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/GovernmentEntities/LatinAmericanJurisdiction/SouthAmericanGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions/Copyright (c) 2020-2025 EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2020-2025 Object Management Group, Inc.
This ontology provides the set of basic government-level entities and jurisdictions for independent countries identified as part of South America in the U.N. M49 classification.
Copyright (c) 2020-2025 EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2020-2025 Object Management Group, Inc.
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
See https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.
South American Government Entities and Jurisdictions Ontology
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20201101/GovernmentEntities/LatinAmericanJurisdiction/SouthAmericanGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions.rdf version of the ontology was modified to use the Commons Ontology Library (Commons) Annotation Vocabulary rather than the OMG's Specification Metadata vocabulary.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20230101/GovernmentEntities/LatinAmericanJurisdiction/SouthAmericanGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions.rdf version of this ontology was modified to use the Commons Ontology Library (Commons) rather than the OMG's Languages, Countries and Codes (LCC) and to eliminate redundancies in FIBO as appropriate.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20230301/GovernmentEntities/LatinAmericanJurisdiction/SouthAmericanGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions.rdf version of the ontology was modified to replace additional content that is now available in the OMG Commons Ontology Library (Commons) v1.2 (FND-389) and correct the ontology prefix.
The initial version of this ontology reflects the highest national level only.
https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/GovernmentEntities/MetadataBEGovernmentEntities/Copyright (c) 2021-2023 EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2021-2023 Object Management Group, Inc.
The government entities module includes ontologies describing polities, government entities and their relations.
2021-06-28T18:00:00
2023-01-27T18:00:00
Metadata about the EDMC-FIBO Business Entities (BE) Government Entities Module
https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/GovernmentEntities/NorthAmericanJurisdiction/CAGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions/Copyright (c) 2020-2025 EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2020-2025 Object Management Group, Inc.
This ontology provides the set of basic federal government, provincial, and territory level entities and jurisdictions.
Copyright (c) 2020-2025 EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2020-2025 Object Management Group, Inc.
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
See https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.
Canadian Government Entities and Jurisdictions Ontology
The http://www.omg.org/spec/EDMC-FIBO/BE/20200201/GovernmentEntities/NorthAmericanJurisdiction/CAGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions.rdf version of this ontology was modified to replace 'hasPartialSovereigntyOver' with 'hasSharedSovereigntyOver'.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20210201/GovernmentEntities/NorthAmericanJurisdiction/CAGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions.rdf version of the ontology was modified to use the Commons Ontology Library (Commons) Annotation Vocabulary rather than the OMG's Specification Metadata vocabulary.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20230101/GovernmentEntities/NorthAmericanJurisdiction/CAGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions.rdf version of this ontology was modified to use the Commons Ontology Library (Commons) rather than the OMG's Languages, Countries and Codes (LCC) and to eliminate redundancies in FIBO as appropriate.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20230301/GovernmentEntities/NorthAmericanJurisdiction/CAGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions.rdf version of the ontology was modified to replace additional content that is now available in the OMG Commons Ontology Library (Commons) v1.2 (FND-389).
https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/GovernmentEntities/NorthAmericanJurisdiction/CaribbeanGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions/Copyright (c) 2020-2025 EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2020-2025 Object Management Group, Inc.
This ontology provides the set of basic government-level entities and jurisdictions for independent countries and British Commonwealth regional sovereignties identified as part of the Caribbean in the U.N. M49 classification.
Copyright (c) 2020-2025 EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2020-2025 Object Management Group, Inc.
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
See https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.
Caribbean Government Entities and Jurisdictions Ontology
The http://www.omg.org/spec/EDMC-FIBO/BE/20200701/GovernmentEntities/NorthAmericanJurisdiction/CaribbeanGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions.rdf version of this ontology was modified to correct the ontology prefix and address language-specific diacritical marks.
The http://www.omg.org/spec/EDMC-FIBO/BE/20210201/GovernmentEntities/NorthAmericanJurisdiction/CaribbeanGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions.rdf version of this ontology was modified to correct spelling issues.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20211201/GovernmentEntities/NorthAmericanJurisdiction/CaribbeanGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions.rdf version of the ontology was modified to use the Commons Ontology Library (Commons) Annotation Vocabulary rather than the OMG's Specification Metadata vocabulary.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20230101/GovernmentEntities/NorthAmericanJurisdiction/CaribbeanGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions.rdf version of this ontology was modified to use the Commons Ontology Library (Commons) rather than the OMG's Languages, Countries and Codes (LCC) and to eliminate redundancies in FIBO as appropriate.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20230301/GovernmentEntities/NorthAmericanJurisdiction/CaribbeanGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions.rdf version of the ontology was modified to replace additional content that is now available in the OMG Commons Ontology Library (Commons) v1.2 (FND-389).
The initial version of this ontology reflects the highest national or regional level (for British Commonwealth members) only.
https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/GovernmentEntities/NorthAmericanJurisdiction/MXGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions/Copyright (c) 2020-2025 EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2020-2025 Object Management Group, Inc.
This ontology provides the set of basic federal government, provincial, and territory level entities and jurisdictions.
Copyright (c) 2020-2025 EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2020-2025 Object Management Group, Inc.
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
See https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.
Mexican Government Entities and Jurisdictions Ontology
The http://www.omg.org/spec/EDMC-FIBO/BE/20200701/GovernmentEntities/NorthAmericanJurisdiction/MXGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions.rdf version of this ontology was modified to replace 'hasPartialSovereigntyOver' with 'hasSharedSovereigntyOver'.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20210201/GovernmentEntities/NorthAmericanJurisdiction/MXGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions.rdf version of the ontology was modified to use the Commons Ontology Library (Commons) Annotation Vocabulary rather than the OMG's Specification Metadata vocabulary.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20230101/GovernmentEntities/NorthAmericanJurisdiction/MXGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions.rdf version of this ontology was modified to use the Commons Ontology Library (Commons) rather than the OMG's Languages, Countries and Codes (LCC) and to eliminate redundancies in FIBO as appropriate.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20230301/GovernmentEntities/NorthAmericanJurisdiction/MXGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions.rdf version of the ontology was modified to replace additional content that is now available in the OMG Commons Ontology Library (Commons) v1.2 (FND-389).
https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/GovernmentEntities/NorthAmericanJurisdiction/USGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions/Copyright (c) 2020-2025 EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2020-2025 Object Management Group, Inc.
This ontology provides the set of basic US federal government, state, and territory level entities and jurisdictions.
Copyright (c) 2020-2025 EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2020-2025 Object Management Group, Inc.
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
See https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.
US Government Entities and Jurisdictions Ontology
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20200201/GovernmentEntities/NorthAmericanJurisdiction/USGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions.rdf version of the ontology was modified to replace references to the legacy LCC UnitedStates country representation with UnitedStatesOfAmerica.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20210301/GovernmentEntities/NorthAmericanJurisdiction/USGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions.rdf version of the ontology was modified to address text formatting hygiene issues.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20220801/GovernmentEntities/NorthAmericanJurisdiction/USGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions.rdf version of the ontology was modified to use the Commons Ontology Library (Commons) Annotation Vocabulary rather than the OMG's Specification Metadata vocabulary.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20230101/GovernmentEntities/NorthAmericanJurisdiction/USGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions.rdf version of the ontology was modified to replace additional content that is now available in the OMG Commons Ontology Library (Commons) v1.2 (FND-389).
https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/LegalEntities/CorporateBodies/Copyright (c) 2013-2025 EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2013-2025 Object Management Group, Inc.
This ontology defines the basic constructs for corporate bodies, including for-profit as well as not-for-profit corporations, and includes fundamental concepts for companies incorporated through the issuance of shares.
Copyright (c) 2013-2025 EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2013-2025 Object Management Group, Inc.
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
See https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.
Corporate Bodies Ontology
The http://www.omg.org/spec/EDMC-FIBO/BE/20160201/LegalEntities/CorporateBodies.rdf version of this ontology was modified per the FIBO 2.0 RFC to address issues including elimination of missing labels and comments, integration with LCC, and replacing min 1 QCRs with someValuesFrom.
The http://www.omg.org/spec/EDMC-FIBO/BE/20180801/LegalEntities/CorporateBodies.rdf version of this ontology was modified to simplify / merge the legal person and formal organization class hierarchies.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20131101/LegalEntities/CorporateBodies.rdf version of this ontology was modified per the issue resolutions identified in the FIBO BE 1.0 FTF report.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20181101/LegalEntities/CorporateBodies.rdf version of this ontology was modified to reflect the move of hasObjective to FND to enable higher level reuse and eliminate deprecated elements.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20190901/LegalEntities/CorporateBodies.rdf version of this ontology was modified to eliminate a now duplicate and overly constrained restriction on isDomiciledIn.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20200201/LegalEntities/CorporateBodies.rdf version of this ontology was modified to eliminate 'body incorporated with guarantee', it's child, and 'body incorporated by agreement', which either don't exist or duplicate other kinds of organizations, such as private companies with limited liability.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20201201/LegalEntities/CorporateBodies.rdf version of this ontology was modified to eliminate unnecessary references, including those that have incorrect datatypes, and remove a reference that doesn't resolve.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20210301/LegalEntities/CorporateBodies.rdf version of this ontology was modified to revise a dead link.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20220801/LegalEntities/CorporateBodies.rdf version of the ontology was modified to use the Commons Ontology Library (Commons) Annotation Vocabulary rather than the OMG's Specification Metadata vocabulary.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20230101/LegalEntities/CorporateBodies.rdf version of the ontology was modified to replace additional content that is now available in the OMG Commons Ontology Library (Commons) v1.2 (FND-389).
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20250301/LegalEntities/CorporateBodies.rdf version of the ontology was modified to loosen various constraints to better reflect use case requirements (SEC-205).
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20251001/LegalEntities/CorporateBodies.rdf version of the ontology was modified to merge details from the old corporations ontology into this one for consistency and useability (BE-259).
https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/LegalEntities/FormalBusinessOrganizations/Copyright (c) 2013-2025 Object Management Group, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2013-2026 EDM Association dba EDM Council, Inc.
This ontology defines formal business organizations and related concepts. The ontology covers parts of organizations, membership, classification, address relations and other properties which are applicable to formal business organizations generally. The concept of a formal business organization forms the basis for articulation of types of organization, both incorporated and non-incorporated, in other FIBO-BE ontologies.
Copyright (c) 2013-2026 EDM Association dba EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2013-2025 Object Management Group, Inc.
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
See https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.
Formal Business Organizations Ontology
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20131101/LegalEntities/FormalBusinessOrganizations.rdf version of this ontology was modified per the issue resolutions identified in the FIBO BE 1.0 FTF report.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20160201/LegalEntities/FormalBusinessOrganizations.rdf version of this ontology was modified per the FIBO 2.0 RFC to address minor bug fixes.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20180801/LegalEntities/FormalBusinessOrganizations.rdf version of this ontology was modified as a part of a simplification strategy for the organizational class hierarchy.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20181101/LegalEntities/FormalBusinessOrganizations.rdf version of this ontology was modified to reflect the move of hasObjective to FND to enable higher level reuse.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20190401/LegalEntities/FormalBusinessOrganizations.rdf version of this ontology was revised to replace hasDefinition with isDefinedIn to clarify intent.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20190701/LegalEntities/FormalBusinessOrganizations.rdf version of this ontology was revised to eliminate deprecated elements.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20190901/LegalEntities/FormalBusinessOrganizations.rdf version of this ontology was revised to eliminate duplication of concepts in LCC, simplify addresses, and correct the parent class of OrganizationSubUnit.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20200301/LegalEntities/FormalBusinessOrganizations.rdf version of this ontology was revised to eliminate the redundant hasSignatory property.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20200601/LegalEntities/FormalBusinessOrganizations.rdf version of this ontology was revised to extend the concept of a tax identifier, add a value-added tax identifier, and clean up definitions that were circular or ambiguous.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20201101/LegalEntities/FormalBusinessOrganizations.rdf version of this ontology was revised to eliminate unnecessary references, some of which include wrong datatypes.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20210601/LegalEntities/FormalBusinessOrganizations.rdf version of this ontology was revised to move certain fundamental concepts, such as organizational sub-unit, to FND.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20211001/LegalEntities/FormalBusinessOrganizations.rdf version of this ontology was revised to eliminate deprecated elements.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20220601/LegalEntities/FormalBusinessOrganizations.rdf version of this ontology was revised to address text formatting hygiene issues.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20220801/LegalEntities/FormalBusinessOrganizations.rdf version of the ontology was modified to use the Commons Ontology Library (Commons) Annotation Vocabulary rather than the OMG's Specification Metadata vocabulary.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20230101/LegalEntities/FormalBusinessOrganizations.rdf version of this ontology was modified to replace content that is now available in the OMG Commons Ontology Library (Commons) v1.1 (FND-380).
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20230101/LegalEntities/FormalBusinessOrganizations.rdf version of this ontology was modified to use the Commons Ontology Library (Commons) rather than the OMG's Languages, Countries and Codes (LCC), eliminating redundancies in FIBO as appropriate.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20230301/LegalEntities/FormalBusinessOrganizations.rdf version of this ontology was modified to replace content that is now available in the OMG Commons Ontology Library (Commons) v1.1 (FND-380).
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20240101/LegalEntities/FormalBusinessOrganizations.rdf version of the ontology was modified to replace additional content that is now available in the OMG Commons Ontology Library (Commons) v1.2 (FND-389).
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20250301/LegalEntities/FormalBusinessOrganizations.rdf version of the ontology was modified to loosen various constraints to better reflect use case requirements (SEC-205).
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20251001/LegalEntities/FormalBusinessOrganizations.rdf version of the ontology was modified to reflect migration of concepts from accounting equity to ownership in FND (FND-409).
https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/LegalEntities/LEIEntities/Copyright (c) 2013-2025 EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2013-2025 Object Management Group, Inc.
This ontology defines concepts around contractually capable business entities. The terms defined here are those which are relevant to the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) work. The term known as legal entity in that work is identified as a formal organization which is recognized in some jurisdiction as being capable of incurring some liability, whether or not is a legal person as understood by the legal community. This is labeled as contractually capable entity, to avoid confusion with the accepted legal term for Legal Entity. Such entities are recognized as requiring an LEI, but the identifier itself is allocated to the formal organization which is recognized as being contractually capable.
Copyright (c) 2013-2025 EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2013-2025 Object Management Group, Inc.
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
See https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.
Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) Entities Ontology
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20131101/LegalEntities/LEIEntities.rdf version of this ontology was modified per the issue resolutions identified in the FIBO BE 1.0 FTF report.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20150201/LegalEntities/LEIEntities.rdf version of this ontology was modified per the issue resolutions identified in the FIBO BE 1.1 RTF report. Changes include deprecation of the MunicipalEntity, Sovereign, and SupranationalEntity classes and making them equivalent to classes in the Government Entities ontology.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20160801/LegalEntities/LEIEntities.rdf version of this ontology was modified to incorporate LEIEligibleEntity and LEIRegisteredEntity, as well as add restrictions in support of the ISO 17442 LEI effort and related changes to the GLEIF Common Data Format for the FIBO 2.0 RFC.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20180801/LegalEntities/LEIEntities.rdf version of this ontology was modified to deprecate LEIEligibleEntity as a part of a simplification strategy for the organizational class hierarchy, to support GLEIF LEI Level 2 ownership relationships, and eliminate a circular dependency with government entities by removing elements that had been deprecated for the last several FIBO revisions (municipal entity, sovereign, and supranational entity).
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20190301/LegalEntities/LEIEntities.rdf version of this ontology was revised to replace hasDefinition with isDefinedIn to clarify intent.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20190701/LegalEntities/LEIEntities.rdf version of this ontology was revised to eliminate deprecated elements.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20190901/LegalEntities/LEIEntities.rdf version of this ontology was revised to eliminate duplication with concepts in LCC and to correct the parent of relationship record.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20200301/LegalEntities/LEIEntities.rdf version of this ontology was revised to clean up circular definitions and augment it to incorporate the Text datatype and structure names, including eliminating redundant restrictions on LegalEntity.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20210601/LegalEntities/LEIEntities.rdf version of this ontology was revised to reflect the move of some organization-specific concepts from BE to FND.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20210901/LegalEntities/LEIEntities.rdf version of this ontology was revised to change the restriction on EntityLegalForm from identifies to denotes, in line with the definition of a code as opposed to an identifier, given the nature of an entity legal form.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20211001/LegalEntities/LEIEntities.rdf version of this ontology was revised to address text formatting hygiene issues.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20220801/LegalEntities/LEIEntities.rdf version of the ontology was modified to use the Commons Ontology Library (Commons) Annotation Vocabulary rather than the OMG's Specification Metadata vocabulary.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20230101/LegalEntities/LEIEntities.rdf version of this ontology was modified to use the Commons Ontology Library (Commons) rather than the OMG's Languages, Countries and Codes (LCC) and to eliminate redundancies in FIBO as appropriate.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20230301/LegalEntities/LEIEntities.rdf version of this ontology was modified to replace content that is now available in the OMG Commons Ontology Library (Commons) v1.1 (FND-380).
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20240101/LegalEntities/LEIEntities.rdf version of the ontology was modified to replace additional content that is now available in the OMG Commons Ontology Library (Commons) v1.2 (FND-389).
https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/LegalEntities/LegalPersons/Copyright (c) 2013-2025 EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2013-2025 Object Management Group, Inc.
This ontology defines legal personhood concepts. A legal person as defined here is any natural person or organization which is capable of accruing liability on its own part.
Copyright (c) 2013-2025 EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2013-2025 Object Management Group, Inc.
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
See https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.
Legal Persons Ontology
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20131101/LegalEntities/LegalPersons.rdf version of this ontology was modified per the issue resolutions identified in the FIBO BE 1.0 FTF report.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20160201/LegalEntities/LegalPersons.rdf version of this ontology was modified per the FIBO 2.0 RFC to normalize restrictions on business license.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20180801/LegalEntities/LegalPersons.rdf version of this ontology was modified to rationalize natural person and legally capable person in a new concept, namely legally competent natural person, simplify / merge the legal person and formal organization class hierarchies, and correct certain definitions, including power of attorney.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20181201/LegalEntities/LegalPersons.rdf version of this ontology was modified to move business objective to FND to enable higher level reuse.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20190401/LegalEntities/LegalPersons.rdf version of this ontology was modified to eliminate deprecated elements.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20190901/LegalEntities/LegalPersons.rdf version of this ontology was modified to clarify the definition of legal person.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20200101/LegalEntities/LegalPersons.rdf version of this ontology was modified to move the concept of a signatory and related properties to the executives ontology for better semantic integration.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20200601/LegalEntities/LegalPersons.rdf version of this ontology was modified to augment the definition of a contract party to be a legal person.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20201101/LegalEntities/LegalPersons.rdf version of this ontology was modified to eliminate references to external dictionary sites that no longer resolve.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20210101/LegalEntities/LegalPersons.rdf version of this ontology was modified to make legal person a subclass of independent party rather than autonomous agent.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20210401/LegalEntities/LegalPersons.rdf version of this ontology was modified to fix spelling errors.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20211201/LegalEntities/LegalPersons.rdf version of this ontology was modified to incorporate the concept of employment, required to support regulatory reporting, and add the concept of a special purpose vehicle.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20220101/LegalEntities/LegalPersons.rdf version of this ontology was modified to address text formatting hygiene issues.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20220801/LegalEntities/LegalPersons.rdf version of this ontology was modified to add the definition of a variable interest entity and eliminate or loosen restrictions that are unnecessarily burdensome on FIBO users, such as that a legal person has liability capacity, which is true by definition but would never be realized when mapped to any data source.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20221201/LegalEntities/LegalPersons.rdf version of the ontology was modified to use the Commons Ontology Library (Commons) Annotation Vocabulary rather than the OMG's Specification Metadata vocabulary.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20230101/LegalEntities/LegalPersons.rdf version of the ontology was modified to move the property, 'is conferred on' from Relations to the Legal Capacity ontology.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20230301/LegalEntities/LegalPersons.rdf version of the ontology was modified to add a French label to special purpose vehicle.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20230401/LegalEntities/LegalPersons.rdf version of the ontology was modified to replace content that is now available in the OMG Commons Ontology Library (Commons) v1.1 (FND-380).
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20240101/LegalEntities/LegalPersons.rdf version of the ontology was modified to replace additional content that is now available in the OMG Commons Ontology Library (Commons) v1.2 (FND-389).
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20250301/LegalEntities/LegalPersons.rdf version of the ontology was modified to add a property for intended liquidation date, which may apply to a temporary entity such as an SPV (SEC-200).
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20250801/LegalEntities/LegalPersons.rdf version of the ontology was modified to remove deprecations that reflect changes made in Commons v1.2 (FBC-399).
https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/LegalEntities/MetadataBELegalEntities/Copyright (c) 2015-2025 Object Management Group, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2015-2026 EDM Association dba EDM Council, Inc.
The legal entities module contains ontologies that extend the basis for legal personhood and business entities establiched in the OMG's Commons Ontology Library. This includes (1) definitions that distinguish between judicial and natural person, (2) definitions of formally constituted organizations, their members and high-level subdivisions, and identification and classification schemes, (3) definitions of corporate entities and the ways in which they may be incorporated, and (4) definitions required for implementation and use of the ISO 17442 Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) standard.
2015-01-25T18:00:00
Copyright (c) 2015-2026 EDM Association dba EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2013-2025 Object Management Group, Inc.
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
See https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.
2026-06-02T18:00:00
Metadata about the EDMC-FIBO Business Entities (BE) Legal Entities Module
https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/MetadataBE/Copyright (c) 2018-2026 EDM Association dba EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2018-2026 Object Management Group
This ontology provides metadata about the FIBO Business Entities (BE) Domain, which defines business concepts for data governance, interoperability, and in regulatory reporting about business entities.
The scope of the BE domain includes business and legal entity concepts that are considered by financial industry firms, regulators and other industry participants relevant to financial services and more broadly, including:
- Legal entities generally
- Corporate structure, ownership and control, including primary executive roles for businesses,
- Functional entities such as governments and government entities, non-governmental organizations, international organizations, not-for-profit organizations, etc.
- Concepts specific to corporations, partnerships, private limited companies, sole proprietorships, and trusts.
2018-08-27T18:00:00
Copyright (c) 2018-2026 EDM Association dba EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2018-2026 Object Management Group
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
See https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.
2026-04-15T18:00:00
Metadata about the FIBO Business Entities (BE) Domain
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20180801/BE/MetadataBE.rdf version of this ontology was modified to eliminate informative Functional Entities ontologies, merging their content into others as appropriate.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20190401/MetadataBE.rdf version of the ontology and subordinate module-specific BE metadata ontologies were modified to use the Commons Ontology Library (Commons) Annotation Vocabulary rather than the OMG's Specification Metadata vocabulary.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20230301/MetadataBE.rdf version of the ontology was modified to merge details from the old corporations ontology into corporate bodies for consistency and useability (BE-259).
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20251001/MetadataBE.rdf version of the ontology was modified to update metadata including providing an expanded domain name for usability in business glossaries (FND-404).
https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/OwnershipAndControl/ControlParties/Copyright (c) 2013-2025 EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2013-2025 Object Management Group, Inc.
This ontology defines concepts relating to types of controlling parties. The concepts defined here are party in role concepts, which define the nature of some entity such as an organization or a legal person, in some role such as that of owning a controlling interest in the entity or of controlling that entity. These roles are defined in terms of the types of control enjoyed by the party, for example de facto or de jure control. An important feature of this ontology is the distinction between the holding of a controlling interest (such as voting shares), and the de facto existence of control of one body by another as asserted in company filings or as a conclusion drawn from computational analysis of controlling interests.
Copyright (c) 2013-2025 EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2013-2025 Object Management Group, Inc.
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
See https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.
Control Parties Ontology
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20131101/OwnershipAndControl/ControlParties.rdf version of this ontology was modified per the issue resolutions identified in the FIBO BE 1.0 FTF report.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20160201/OwnershipAndControl/ControlParties.rdf version of this ontology was modified per the FIBO 2.0 RFC to add missing labels and definitions, eliminate references to BusinessFacingTypes, etc.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20180801/OwnershipAndControl/ControlParties.rdf version of this ontology was modified as a part of a simplification strategy for the organizational class hierarchy and to correct reasoning anomalies.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20190101/OwnershipAndControl/ControlParties.rdf version of this ontology was modified to eliminate duplication of concepts with LCC.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20200201/OwnershipAndControl/ControlParties.rdf version of this ontology was modified to integrate the concept of a situation, situational roles, and corresponding relations with the definition of control and eliminate an unused and logically inconsistent property.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20200601/OwnershipAndControl/ControlParties.rdf version of the ontology was modified to simplify control concepts and relations, eliminate ambiguity in definitions, restate definitions to be ISO 704 compliant, and add properties relating control parties to control situations.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20201201/OwnershipAndControl/ControlParties.rdf version of the ontology was modified to correct the label on hasControllingOrganizationMember and reflect the move of OrganizationMember from Parties to Organizations in FND, and to incorporate the latest insights into how control relations should integrate with the control situation.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20210401/OwnershipAndControl/ControlParties.rdf version of the ontology was modified to use the Commons Ontology Library (Commons) Annotation Vocabulary rather than the OMG's Specification Metadata vocabulary.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20230101/OwnershipAndControl/ControlParties.rdf version of the ontology was modified to replace content that is now available in the OMG Commons Ontology Library (Commons) v1.1 (FND-380).
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20240101/OwnershipAndControl/ControlParties.rdf version of the ontology was modified to replace additional content that is now available in the OMG Commons Ontology Library (Commons) v1.2 (FND-389).
https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/OwnershipAndControl/CorporateControl/Copyright (c) 2013-2025 EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2013-2025 Object Management Group, Inc.
This ontology defines concepts relating to corporation-specific control. These concepts are based on the general types of control (both de facto control and controlling interests), as defined in the ControlParties ontology, and are the specific examples of these concepts as they apply to companies incorporated by the issuance of shares.
Copyright (c) 2013-2025 EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2013-2025 Object Management Group, Inc.
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
See https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.
Corporate Control Ontology
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20131101/OwnershipAndControl/CorporateControl.rdf version of this ontology was modified per the issue resolutions identified in the FIBO BE 1.0 FTF report.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20160201/OwnershipAndControl/CorporateControl.rdf version of this ontology was modified per the FIBO 2.0 RFC to add missing definitions and labels, eliminate references to BusinessFacingTypes, replace min 1 QCRs with someValuesFrom, address other hygiene issues, and limit the burden of certain restrictions, such as those on stock corporation, for typical applications.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20180801/OwnershipAndControl/CorporateControl.rdf version of this ontology was modified as a part of a simplification strategy for the organizational class hierarchy and to correct reasoning anomalies.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20190101/OwnershipAndControl/CorporateControl.rdf version of this ontology was revised to allow any legal entity to participate in control relations rather than limiting control to a stock corporation, and simplifying others such that any party can be a significant shareholder, for example, rather than limiting this role to a legal entity.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20200501/OwnershipAndControl/CorporateControl.rdf version of this ontology was revised to further clean up definitions related to control via ownership of shares, which only applies to corporations and some partnerships, and revise and extend the definition of affiliation.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20200601/OwnershipAndControl/CorporateControl.rdf version of the ontology was modified to simplify control concepts and relations.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20201201/OwnershipAndControl/CorporateControl.rdf version of the ontology was modified to incorporate the latest insights into how control relations should integrate with the control situation.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20210401/OwnershipAndControl/CorporateControl.rdf version of the ontology was modified to address text formatting hygiene issues.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20220801/OwnershipAndControl/CorporateControl.rdf version of the ontology was modified to use the Commons Ontology Library (Commons) Annotation Vocabulary rather than the OMG's Specification Metadata vocabulary.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20230101/OwnershipAndControl/CorporateControl.rdf version of the ontology was modified to replace content that is now available in the OMG Commons Ontology Library (Commons) v1.1 (FND-380).
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20240101/OwnershipAndControl/CorporateControl.rdf version of the ontology was modified to replace additional content that is now available in the OMG Commons Ontology Library (Commons) v1.2 (FND-389).
https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/OwnershipAndControl/CorporateOwnership/Copyright (c) 2013-2025 Object Management Group
Copyright (c) 2013-2026 EDM Association dba EDM Council, Inc.
This ontology defines concepts relating to corporation-specific ownership. Roles are defined in terms of the ownership enjoyed by the party, and are the specific examples of these concepts as they apply to companies incorporated by the issuance of shares.
Copyright (c) 2013-2026 EDM Association dba EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2013-2025 Object Management Group, Inc.
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
See https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.
Corporate Ownership Ontology
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20131101/OwnershipAndControl/CorporateOwnership.rdf version of this ontology was modified per the issue resolutions identified in the FIBO BE 1.0 FTF report.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20160201/OwnershipAndControl/CorporateOwnership.rdf version of this ontology was modified per the FIBO 2.0 RFC to reference shareholders' equity in the definition of a shareholder.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20180801/OwnershipAndControl/CorporateOwnership.rdf version of this ontology was modified to generalize the definition of beneficial owner rather than limiting it to shareholding and eliminate a duplicate restriction on shareholder.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20190201/OwnershipAndControl/CorporateOwnership.rdf version of this ontology was modified to modify the inheritance hierarchy for beneficial owner to replace owner with controlling party as one of its parent classes.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20200601/OwnershipAndControl/CorporateOwnership.rdf version of this ontology was modified to replace isEquityHeldBy with its parent, isHeldBy, eliminate redundant classes that were not used anywhere, and clean up a few definitions to be less ambiguous, not circular, and to conform with ISO 704.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20200901/OwnershipAndControl/CorporateOwnership.rdf version of this ontology was revised to simplify the contract party hierarchy and add concepts related to beneficial ownership.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20201201/OwnershipAndControl/CorporateOwnership.rdf version of this ontology was revised to eliminate references to external dictionary sites that no longer resolve.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20210101/OwnershipAndControl/CorporateOwnership.rdf version of this ontology was revised to incorporate the latest insights into how control relations should integrate with the control situation.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20210401/OwnershipAndControl/CorporateOwnership.rdf version of the ontology was modified to use the Commons Ontology Library (Commons) Annotation Vocabulary rather than the OMG's Specification Metadata vocabulary.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20230101/OwnershipAndControl/CorporateOwnership.rdf version of the ontology was modified to replace content that is now available in the OMG Commons Ontology Library (Commons) v1.1 (FND-380).
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20240101/OwnershipAndControl/CorporateOwnership.rdf version of the ontology was modified to align the concept of beneficial ownership with the broader ownership pattern (SEC-202).
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20250701/OwnershipAndControl/CorporateOwnership.rdf version of the ontology was modified to clarify the differences between a shareholding, purchase lot, and tax lot (SEC-200).
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20250801/OwnershipAndControl/CorporateOwnership.rdf version of the ontology was modified to eliminate unused references (FND-411) and to reflect migration of concepts from accounting equity to ownership in FND (FND-409).
https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/OwnershipAndControl/Executives/Copyright (c) 2013-2025 EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2013-2025 Object Management Group, Inc.
This ontology defines concepts relating to executives and their formal capacities. The concepts defined in this ontology cover types of corporate officers, board members and the like, along with the capacities in terms of which those party roles are defined, and the kinds of entity (principally natural persons) that are able to perform in those roles.
Copyright (c) 2013-2025 EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2013-2025 Object Management Group, Inc.
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
See https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.
Executives Ontology
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20131101/OwnershipAndControl/Executives.rdf version of this ontology was modified per the issue resolutions identified in the FIBO BE 1.0 FTF report.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20160801/OwnershipAndControl/Executives.rdf version of this ontology was modified per the FIBO 2.0 RFC to fix reasoning issues.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20180801/OwnershipAndControl/Executives.rdf version of this ontology was modified to clarify the definition of responsible party.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20181101/OwnershipAndControl/Executives.rdf version of this ontology was modified to adjust the hierarchy to better support regulatory requirements.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20190501/OwnershipAndControl/Executives.rdf version of this ontology was modified to eliminate duplication with concepts in LCC.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20200201/OwnershipAndControl/Executives.rdf version of this ontology was modified to integrate concepts related to authorization, including board membership and the concept of a signatory (moved from legal persons) to improve semantics; simplify the ontology, and normalize definitions to be ISO 704 compliant.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20200601/OwnershipAndControl/Executives.rdf version of this ontology was modified to correct the label on hasAuthorizedParty.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20200701/OwnershipAndControl/Executives.rdf version of this ontology was modified to add PrincipalParty as the parent of CEO and others.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20201201/OwnershipAndControl/Executives.rdf version of this ontology was modified to eliminate references to external dictionary sites that no longer resolve, add the concept of corporate bylaws and restriction on authorized shares (moved from SEC).
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20210301/OwnershipAndControl/Executives.rdf version of the ontology was modified to reflect the move of OrganizationMember from Parties to Organizations in FND and to incorporate the latest insights into how control relations should integrate with the control situation.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20210401/OwnershipAndControl/Executives.rdf version of the ontology was modified to fix spelling errors.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20211201/OwnershipAndControl/Executives.rdf version of the ontology was modified to refine the definition of corporate officer.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20220101/OwnershipAndControl/Executives.rdf version of the ontology was modified to address text formatting hygiene issues.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20220801/OwnershipAndControl/Executives.rdf version of the ontology was modified to use the Commons Ontology Library (Commons) Annotation Vocabulary rather than the OMG's Specification Metadata vocabulary.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20230101/OwnershipAndControl/Executives.rdf version of the ontology was modified to move the property, 'is conferred on' from Relations to the Legal Capacity ontology, and to use the Commons Ontology Library (Commons) rather than the OMG's Languages, Countries and Codes (LCC), eliminating redundancies in FIBO as appropriate.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20230301/OwnershipAndControl/Executives.rdf version of the ontology was modified to replace content that is now available in the OMG Commons Ontology Library (Commons) v1.1 (FND-380).
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20240101/OwnershipAndControl/Executives.rdf version of the ontology was modified to replace additional content that is now available in the OMG Commons Ontology Library (Commons) v1.2 (FND-389).
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20250301/OwnershipAndControl/Executives.rdf version of the ontology was modified to align the concept of beneficial ownership with the broader ownership pattern (SEC-202).
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20250301/OwnershipAndControl/Executives.rdf version of the ontology was modified to merge details from the old corporations ontology into the corporate bodies ontology for consistency and useability (BE-259).
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20251001/OwnershipAndControl/Executives.rdf version of the ontology was modified to add the distinction between an internal and external auditor (SEC-213) and to use new constructs from the Commons 1.3 Business Authorizations ontology (FND-401).
https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/OwnershipAndControl/MetadataBEOwnershipAndControl/Copyright (c) 2015-2023 EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2015-2023 Object Management Group, Inc.
The ownership and control module contains ontologies that define various types and aspects of ownership and control as they apply among and between business entities. The ontologies in this module include the definition of types of party as defined in the roles of ownership and control along with the capacities which define those parties, and separately the relationships of ownership and control directly between organizations, which arise from the existence of those roles. Specific types of ownership and control relationships that are unique to incorporated companies are defined in addition to the more general terms to which these relate. Also included is an ontology of the types of control relationships that exist by virtue of the powers conferred upon corporate officers, board members and other executive roles.
2018-08-27T18:00:00
2023-01-27T18:00:00
Metadata about the EDMC-FIBO Business Entities (BE) Ownership and Control Module
https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/OwnershipAndControl/OwnershipParties/Copyright (c) 2013-2025 Object Management Group
Copyright (c) 2013-2026 EDM Association dba EDM Council, Inc.
This ontology defines concepts relating to types of organization owning parties. The concepts defined here are party in role concepts, which define the nature of some entity such as an organization or a legal person, in some role such as that of owning equity in the entity. These roles are defined in terms of the ownership enjoyed by the party, with distinctions between constitutional ownership i.e. ownership defined in terms of stockholder equity, and investment ownership more generally.
Copyright (c) 2013-2026 EDM Association dba EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2013-2025 Object Management Group, Inc.
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
See https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.
Ownership Parties Ontology
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20131101/OwnershipAndControl/OwnershipParties.rdf version of this ontology was modified per the issue resolutions identified in the FIBO BE 1.0 FTF report.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20160201/OwnershipAndControl/OwnershipParties.rdf version of this ontology was modified per the FIBO 2.0 RFC to address missing labels and comments, and revise terminology related to shareholders' equity due to requirements for SEC/Equities.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20180801/OwnershipAndControl/OwnershipParties.rdf version of this ontology was modified as a part of a simplification strategy for the organizational class hierarchy and to support GLEIF LEI Level 2 ownership relationships.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20181201/OwnershipAndControl/OwnershipParties.rdf version of this ontology was modified to eliminate deprecated elements.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20190901/OwnershipAndControl/OwnershipParties.rdf version of this ontology was modified to eliminate duplication of concepts in LCC.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20200201/OwnershipAndControl/OwnershipParties.rdf version of this ontology was modified to integrate the concept of a situation, situational roles, and corresponding relations with the definition of entity ownership, and eliminate unused and logically inconsistent properties.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20200601/OwnershipAndControl/OwnershipParties.rdf version of this ontology was revised to reflect the name change in FND from 'hasPrimaryParty' to 'hasActiveParty' to be more consistent with other role related properties.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20200701/OwnershipAndControl/OwnershipParties.rdf version of this ontology was revised to align isEquityHeldBy and hasInvestor with the situational pattern.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20200901/OwnershipAndControl/OwnershipParties.rdf version of this ontology was revised to eliminate references to guarantee providing member, which duplicates the concept of a guarantor and references a concept that is no longer needed, namely 'body incorporated with guarantee'.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20201201/OwnershipAndControl/OwnershipParties.rdf version of this ontology was revised to add a restriction on entity ownership for the ownership percentage.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20210401/OwnershipAndControl/OwnershipParties.rdf version of this ontology was revised to eliminate a dead link that was not necessary.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20220801/OwnershipAndControl/OwnershipParties.rdf version of the ontology was modified to use the Commons Ontology Library (Commons) Annotation Vocabulary rather than the OMG's Specification Metadata vocabulary.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20230101/OwnershipAndControl/OwnershipParties.rdf version of this ontology was modified to use the Commons Ontology Library (Commons) rather than the OMG's Languages, Countries and Codes (LCC) and to eliminate redundancies in FIBO as appropriate.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20230301/OwnershipAndControl/OwnershipParties.rdf version of this ontology was modified to replace concepts from several FIBO FND ontologies with their counterparts added to the Commons Ontology Library (Commons) v1.1 and clean up a few definitions.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20231201/OwnershipAndControl/OwnershipParties.rdf version of this ontology was modified to replace additional concepts from FIBO FND with their counterparts added to the Commons Ontology Library (Commons) v1.1.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20240101/OwnershipAndControl/OwnershipParties.rdf version of the ontology was modified to replace additional content that is now available in the OMG Commons Ontology Library (Commons) v1.2 (FND-389).
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20240101/OwnershipAndControl/OwnershipParties.rdf version of this ontology was modified to add a parent class of contract party to the definition of investory (SEC-113).
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20250301/OwnershipAndControl/OwnershipParties.rdf version of this ontology was modified to reflect migration of concepts from accounting equity to ownership in FND (FND-409).
https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/Partnerships/MetadataBEPartnerships/Copyright (c) 2015-2023 EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2015-2023 Object Management Group, Inc.
The partnerships module contains ontologies that define concepts relating to types of partnerships, including incorporated and non-incorporated organizations. Partnerships are defined without reference to jurisdiction-specific legal forms. The abstractions distinguish between types of partnerships and related formation characteristics, as well as kinds of partners and types of partnership equity.
2018-08-27T18:00:00
2023-01-27T18:00:00
Metadata about the EDMC-FIBO Business Entities (BE) Partnerships Module
https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/Partnerships/Partnerships/Copyright (c) 2013-2025 EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2013-2025 Object Management Group, Inc.
This ontology defines partnerships and related concepts. The concepts distinguish general from limited partners, as well as the types of equity that they hold. Included are abstract definitions of partnership types based on whether they have general, limited or both kinds of partners. Both legally incorporated and non incorporated forms of partnerships are covered.
Copyright (c) 2013-2025 EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2013-2025 Object Management Group, Inc.
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
See https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.
Partnerships Ontology
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20131101/Partnerships/Partnerships.rdf version of this ontology was modified per the issue resolutions identified in the FIBO BE 1.0 FTF report.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20160201/Partnerships/Partnerships.rdf version of this ontology was modified per the FIBO 2.0 RFC to reference shareholders' equity vs. stockholders' equity and correct a number of restrictions.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20180801/Partnerships/Partnerships.rdf version of this ontology was modified to simplify / merge the legal person and formal organization class hierarchies.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20181101/Partnerships/Partnerships.rdf version of this ontology was modified to reflect the move of hasObjective to FND to enable higher level reuse.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20190401/Partnerships/Partnerships.rdf version of this ontology was modified to eliminate deprecated elements.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20190901/Partnerships/Partnerships.rdf version of this ontology was modified to eliminate duplication with concepts in LCC.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20200201/Partnerships/Partnerships.rdf version of this ontology was restructured to simplify the overall structure of partnerships, eliminate kinds of partnerships that do not exist, simplify the concept of a partnership agreement, loosen or eliminate restrictions as appropriate, add common forms of partnership that were missing, and revise definitions to be ISO 704 compliant.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20200601/Partnerships/Partnerships.rdf version of this ontology was modified to reflect the move of OrganizationMember from Parties to Organizations in FND.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20210401/Partnerships/Partnerships.rdf version of this ontology was modified to fix spelling errors.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20211201/Partnerships/Partnerships.rdf version of this ontology was modified to address text formatting hygiene issues.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20220801/Partnerships/Partnerships.rdf version of the ontology was modified to use the Commons Ontology Library (Commons) Annotation Vocabulary rather than the OMG's Specification Metadata vocabulary.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20230101/Partnerships/Partnerships.rdf version of this ontology was modified to use the Commons Ontology Library (Commons) rather than the OMG's Languages, Countries and Codes (LCC), eliminating redundancies in FIBO as appropriate.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20230301/Partnerships/Partnerships.rdf version of this ontology was modified to replace content that is now available in the OMG Commons Ontology Library (Commons) v1.1 (FND-380).
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20240101/Partnerships/Partnerships.rdf version of the ontology was modified to replace additional content that is now available in the OMG Commons Ontology Library (Commons) v1.2 (FND-389).
https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/PrivateLimitedCompanies/MetadataBEPrivateLimitedCompanies/Copyright (c) 2015-2023 EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2015-2023 Object Management Group, Inc.
The private limited companies module defines business entities that are hybrid in nature, having certain characteristics of both a corporation and a partnership or sole proprietorship.
2018-08-27T18:00:00
2023-01-27T18:00:00
Metadata about the EDMC-FIBO Business Entities (BE) Private Limited Companies Module
https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/PrivateLimitedCompanies/PrivateLimitedCompanies/Copyright (c) 2016-2025 EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2016-2025 Object Management Group, Inc.
This ontology defines the fundamental concepts for representing private limited companies -- i.e., companies that have characteristics of corporations and of partnerships but are neither.
Copyright (c) 2013-2025 EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2013-2025 Object Management Group, Inc.
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
See https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.
Private Limited Companies Ontology
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20160201/PrivateLimitedCompanies/PrivateLimitedCompanies.rdf version of this ontology was modified per the FIBO 2.0 RFC.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20180801/PrivateLimitedCompanies/PrivateLimitedCompanies.rdf version of this ontology was modified to simplify / merge the legal person and formal organization class hierarchies, and add limited liability company, limited liability company taxed as a corporation, managing member, and private limited company.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20201201/PrivateLimitedCompanies/PrivateLimitedCompanies.rdf version of this ontology was modified to eliminate a smart quote in an explanatory note on manager-managed limited liability company, and to reflect the move of OrganizationMember from Parties to Organizations in FND
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20210401/PrivateLimitedCompanies/PrivateLimitedCompanies.rdf version of this ontology was modified to fix spelling errors.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20211201/PrivateLimitedCompanies/PrivateLimitedCompanies.rdf version of the ontology was modified to use the Commons Ontology Library (Commons) Annotation Vocabulary rather than the OMG's Specification Metadata vocabulary.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20230201/PrivateLimitedCompanies/PrivateLimitedCompanies.rdf version of this ontology was modified to use the Commons Ontology Library (Commons) rather than the OMG's Languages, Countries and Codes (LCC), eliminating redundancies in FIBO as appropriate.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20230301/PrivateLimitedCompanies/PrivateLimitedCompanies.rdf version of this ontology was modified to replace content that is now available in the OMG Commons Ontology Library (Commons) v1.1 (FND-380).
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20240101/PrivateLimitedCompanies/PrivateLimitedCompanies.rdf version of the ontology was modified to replace additional content that is now available in the OMG Commons Ontology Library (Commons) v1.2 (FND-389).
https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/SoleProprietorships/MetadataBESoleProprietorships/Copyright (c) 2015-2023 EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2015-2023 Object Management Group, Inc.
The sole proprietorships module includes ontologies describing business entities or financial ventures that are carried out by a single person who is directly responsible for all liabilities of that venture.
2018-08-27T18:00:00
2023-01-27T18:00:00
Metadata about the EDMC-FIBO Business Entities (BE) Sole Proprietorships Module
https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/SoleProprietorships/SoleProprietorships/Copyright (c) 2016-2025 EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2016-2025 Object Management Group, Inc.
This ontology defines the fundamental concepts for representing sole proprietorships -- i.e., organizations that are owned by an individual that is responsible for the liabilities of the organization.
Copyright (c) 2016-2025 EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2016-2025 Object Management Group, Inc.
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
See https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.
Sole Proprietorships Ontology
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20160201/SoleProprietorships/SoleProprietorships.rdf version of this ontology was modified per the FIBO 2.0 RFC.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20180801/SoleProprietorships/SoleProprietorships.rdf version of this ontology was modified to use natural person rather than legally capable person.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20181101/SoleProprietorships/SoleProprietorships.rdf version of this ontology was modified to eliminate a redundant subclass relationship, enhance ownership relations, and revise definitions to be ISO 704 compliant.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20200601/SoleProprietorships/SoleProprietorships.rdf version of this ontology was modified to eliminate unnecessary references to external sources.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20210301/SoleProprietorships/SoleProprietorships.rdf version of this ontology was modified to make sole proprietorship a subclass of legal person.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20220101/SoleProprietorships/SoleProprietorships.rdf version of the ontology was modified to use the Commons Ontology Library (Commons) Annotation Vocabulary rather than the OMG's Specification Metadata vocabulary.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20230101/SoleProprietorships/SoleProprietorships.rdf version of the ontology was modified to replace content that is now available in the OMG Commons Ontology Library (Commons) v1.1 (FND-380).
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20240101/SoleProprietorships/SoleProprietorships.rdf version of the ontology was modified to replace additional content that is now available in the OMG Commons Ontology Library (Commons) v1.2 (FND-389).
https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/Trusts/MetadataBETrusts/Copyright (c) 2015-2023 EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2015-2023 Object Management Group, Inc.
The trusts module defines types of trusts as formally constituted organizations with specific parties as set down in law for trusts (trustor, trustee and beneficiary), each of these being signatories to a trust agreement.
2018-08-27T18:00:00
2023-01-27T18:00:00
Metadata about the EDMC-FIBO Business Entities (BE) Trusts Module
https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/Trusts/Trusts/Copyright (c) 2013-2025 Object Management Group, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2013-2026 EDM Association dba EDM Council, Inc.
This ontology defines the fundamental common terms for trusts. Trusts are entities set up in terms of the applicable local statutes goerning trusts, and have as a minimum three specific, defined parties, known in many jurisdictions as trustor (sometimes sponsor), trustee and beneficiary. The terms in this ontology may be extended as necessary to represent specific types of trust, for example in the funds arena.
Copyright (c) 2013-2026 EDM Association dba EDM Council, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2013-2025 Object Management Group, Inc.
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
See https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.
Trusts Ontology
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20131101/Trusts/Trusts.rdf version of this ontology was modified per the issue resolutions identified in the FIBO BE 1.0 FTF report.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20150201/Trusts/Trusts.rdf version of this ontology was modified per the FIBO 2.0 RFC.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20180801/Trusts/Trusts.rdf version of this ontology was modified to simplify / merge the legal person and formal organization class hierarchies.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20181101/Trusts/Trusts.rdf version of this ontology was modified to eliminate duplication with concepts in LCC.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20200301/Trusts/Trusts.rdf version of this ontology was modified to add a number of kinds of trusts, clean-up extraneous concepts, and eliminate circularity and ambiguity in definitions.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20201201/Trusts/Trusts.rdf version of this ontology was modified to eliminate references to external dictionary sites that no longer resolve.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20210101/Trusts/Trusts.rdf version of this ontology was modified to reflect the move of OrganizationMember from Parties to Organizations in FND.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20210401/Trusts/Trusts.rdf version of the ontology was modified to use the Commons Ontology Library (Commons) Annotation Vocabulary rather than the OMG's Specification Metadata vocabulary.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20230101/Trusts/Trusts.rdf version of this ontology was modified to use the Commons Ontology Library (Commons) rather than the OMG's Languages, Countries and Codes (LCC), eliminating redundancies in FIBO as appropriate.
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20230301/Trusts/Trusts.rdf version of this ontology was modified to replace content that is now available in the OMG Commons Ontology Library (Commons) v1.1 (FND-380).
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20240101/Trusts/Trusts.rdf version of the ontology was modified to replace additional content that is now available in the OMG Commons Ontology Library (Commons) v1.2 (FND-389).
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20250301/Trusts/Trusts.rdf version of this ontology was modified to move hasBeneficiary and isBeneficiaryOf to contracts (DER-55a).
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20250501/Trusts/Trusts.rdf version of this ontology was modified to use new constructs from the Commons 1.3 Business Authorizations ontology (FND-401).
The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20251001/Trusts/Trusts.rdf version of this ontology was modified to eliminate deprecated constructs that have been deprecated for more than a year (FND-407).